With Obama calling on the nation’s IT support for help, a Million Geek March descended on Washington, D.C., hovered behind Obama seated at his Oval Office computer and asked if he had tried turning off his computer, then turning it back on.

Anchors away:Two new state ferries, the Tokitae and the Samish, are taking shape at a Bremerton shipyard.

Unlike three other recent ferries — the Chetzemoka, Salish and Kennewick, which had built-in lists to one side that were later fixed — the new ferries will have a built-in shortfall of state funding.